Destinations for the discerning traveller Summer 2013 | Page 8

Meet our Contributors Karinna Lucey Karinna grew up in Sydney and from an early age wrote poetry and loved creative writing. She is a trained Chef who spent many years in hospitality and is now living in Brisbane and working in IT. Karinna has travelled extensively around the world and continues to pursue her passion for writing and travel. Helen Corliss Helen is a 30-something Sunshin e two teenagers. She has a Busines Coast mum of 6 year-old twins and step-mum of s Degree in Tourism, but it was that the travel bug hit her! The family have travelled through the n’t until after kids Asia, and are bona-fide ‘Cruise South Pacific and Trag and Aussie bucket-list. Helen writ ics’. The family are working their way through to inspire others, especially par es a “Pack your bags mums and dads” blog to try ents, to travel. Emily Broadbent After obtaining her degree in Broadcast Journalism, Emily packed her bags for an 8 month backpacking expedition around Latin America. From partying in Rio Carnival to camping in the Amazon, Emily’s done it all. Her diverse travels have got her knowledge of this globe covered. Whether it’ trekking with chimps, walking with rhino’s or playing with orang-utans, Emily always has a story to tell. Meagan Patroni er, Meagan is Living in the shadow of great explorers such as Sir Wilfred Thesig exploring the in Media Studies while based in Muscat, Oman. Completing her B.A to share stories Pacific, Meagan is an Australian with gypsy blood. She yearns Air Vanuatu’s inflight magazine, and has done so since 2000, in print such as lian Broadcasting on her blog; The Travelling Hula Girl and on air with the Austra Corporation. Jacqueline Hodges (Finance) Jacqueline Hodges is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser and Accredited SMSF Specialist Advisor and founder of joint accounting practices Moore Advisers and Moore Super offering taxation and business advisory services to individuals, small business and innovators. Jacqueline holds a Masters in Taxation, a Masters in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and a Bachelor of Commerce. She is a Registered Tax Agent and a Registered ASIC agent. Jacqueline has extensive experience within the taxation industry having been a taxation trainer with the Institute of Chartered Accountants and technical specialist and author with Taxpayers Australia. 8